Structural support.



Patented Feb. n, |902.

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(Application led Nov. 1, 1901.)

(No Model.) A

'/zvewaf UNITED .STATES4 ATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE FENTON, OF EVNSTON, ILLINOIS.

STRUCTURAL SUPPORT.

SPEGlTFllGATION forming part of Letters :Patent o. 692,841, dated February 11, 1902.

Application filed November l, 1901. Serial No. 80,743. (No model.) v l To all whom it nmz/concern.- l

Be it known that I, EUGENE FENTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Evanston, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Structural Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in means for supporting either in a horizontal or upright position v`ariousdevices, such as sign-boards, United States mail-boxes, firealarm boxes, barber-posts,electric-light poles, pillars for building purposes, and other structures; and it consists in certain peculiarities ofthe construction, novel arrangement, and

- operation of the various parts thereof, as will the support.

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be hereinafter more fully set forth and specifically claimed.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a detachable support -for devices of various kinds which may be readily secured to a vertical wall or a floor, sidewalk, or other horizontal base and can be readily detached therefrom. Another object is to provide a support of the above-named character which will hold the device in a firm and fixed manuel', so that v it will not wabble or shake.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be disclosed in the` subjoined description;

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention pertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe it, referring to the accompanying drawings, in which- 1 Figure l is a view, partly in section and partly in elevation, of a support embodying my invention and showing it secured to a vertical wall and supporting a sign-board'in a horizontal position. Fig. 2 is a similarview showing the support secured to a horizontal base or sidewalk and supporting the signboard in a vertical position. Fig. 3V is an enlarged sectional View of th e lower portion of Fig. 4 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing a modification in the construction of the support and illustrating it as supporting a mail-box; and Fig. 5 is a plan view or view in elevation of a portion of the ioor or wall to which the support is secured.

ranged so as to form a rectangular ligure, if`

united by straight lines, land with a central opening d', as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The openings t are for the reception of pins or projections b, secured to the lower surface of the body B of the support, which body may be in the form of ablock,as shown in Figs. l to 3, inclusive, ofi-the vdrawings or may be a post B,as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The lower portion of thebody or that part thereofadjac'ent to the wall or base to which it is secured is provided at its perimeter. with flanges c, which'form a cavity c and afford rests. at the edges of the body,as is apparent. The upper or outer portion of the body is provided with an opening cZ,which is usually screw-threaded, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to receive a screw-threaded nnt d',which has a screw threaded opening to engage a screw-threaded pipe or bar D, to the outer or upper end of which may be secured the frame forasign-board or otherdevice.A Asshown, the body B is provided with a central opening cl2, extending from the opening d to the cavity c', and is for the reception of a bolt E, which is preferably screw-threaded at each of lits ends. The lower end of said bolt engages a socket-piece a2, located in the opening a', and Vhas on its outer walls angular wings or flanges 0.3, which are dat on' their upper ends. The openinga'is'lled around the socket-piece a2 with cement a4, which when it becomes hardened firmly holds said socket-piece in position, the Iianges a3 thereof serving to prevent it turning or being removed vertically. On the upper end of the bolt E is located a nut e, which rests on a washer c', located on the bottom of the recess or opening CZ in the upper or outer portion of the body. Engaging the screw-threaded recess or opening d is the screw-threaded plug d', which I may sometimes use and which is screwed down in said opening,.so as to be iiush with the outer or upper surface of the body, as shown. When the body is formed of a hollow post, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, the nut or plug d is not required, and the box F or other device IOO which is to be supported may be secured to the upper or outer end of the body by means of screws g or otherwise.

In Figs. l and 2 of the drawings I have shown a sign-'board frame Gr as being supported by the pipe or rod D; but of course any other suitable device may be used instead of said frame. This frame, however, comprises seetions 7L, h', h2, and h3 of gas-pipe, united together by means of couplings hAl and h5, the latter being T-couplings and the former ordinary union or elbow couplings. The upper ends of the T-couplings h5 may have located therein ornamental pieces h6, which may be removed when desired to permit of small ags orother ornaments being inserted therein. Hinged to the section 71,2 cf the frame is a board H, upon. which may be displayed any suit-able sign.

The pipe or bar D is connected to the section A71, of the frame by means of a T-coupling l, and in order to prevent said coupling turning on the section 71, set-screws m may be employed, and for this purpose set-screws n may be used on the couplings L, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

From the foregoing and by reference to the drawings it will be seen and clearly understood that by the use of my invention a strong, durable, and effective support for various devices is provided, which support may be readily attached to the sidewalk or wall in a firm and secure manner and readily detached therefrom. It is also apparent that my construction aifords secure means for sustaining in the desired lposition a hollow post or pillar and in such a way that said post or pillar can be readily detached from the foundation or base on which it is mounted.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is#

l. A structural support, comprising abase or foundation having a series ot' openings, an internally-screw-threaded socket-piece having on its outer surface flanges or projections, and located in the central opening of said base, cement located around said socket-piece, a bodyhaving onits surface adjacent to the base or foundation, flanges at its perimeter, and pins or projections, and provided with a eentral opening, a screw-threaded pipe or bar extending through the central opening of the body and engaging at one of its ends the said socket-piece, and a nut engaging the other end of the pipe or bar and the upper end of the body, substantially as described.

2. In a structural support, the combination with a base or foundation having a series of openings, of a flanged and internally-screwthrcaded socket-piece located in one of said openings, cement surrounding said socketpiece, a body having a central opening and provided with projections on its surface adjacent to the base or foundation to iit in somo of the openings thereof, a pipe or bar screwthreaded at each of its l,ends and located in the central opening of the body, one of the ends of the said pipe or bar engaging the socket-piece, a nut on the other end of the pipe or bar, a screw-threaded plug engaging the outer end of the central opening of the body, a pipe or bar secured at one of its ends to said plug, a frame composed of pipe-sections united together by couplings, and sccured to the outer or upper end of the lastnamed pipe or bar, and a board hinged on one of the sections of said frame, substantially as described.

EUGENE FENON.

Witnesses:

Cults. C. TILLMAN, A. Gusriirsou. 

